death stare
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death stare
noun death stares
- A hateful or contemptuous look directed at someone; a dirty look. “I thought it was bring-your-kid-to-work day,” replied Dad, clearly hoping a joke might soften them. He was wrong, as the two goons gave the man a death stare.
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A supposed stare that will cause death.
Handsome, with a Freud-like beard and piercing eyes, it was also said that he had perfected the death stare. Whenever he required the skeleton of some exotic beast to compare with his fossil bones, he would visit Basel Zoo and stare at the appropriate animal, which would soon thereafter shuffle off
Similar: death glare
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title = {death stare},
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